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snowplow / snowplow-java-tracker

Snowplow event tracker for Java. Add analytics to your Java desktop and server apps, servlets and games. (See also: snowplow-android-tracker)
http://snowplowanalytics.com
Apache License 2.0
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Return eventId from Tracker.track() #304

Closed mscwilson closed 2 years ago

mscwilson commented 2 years ago

The event ID (a UUID string) is generated when an Event object is created. We also currently provide the option for the user to override this and manually set an event ID.

This is risky and could result in events not having unique IDs. This functionality should be deprecated.

mscwilson commented 2 years ago

It's also possible to manually set the - i.e. override the autogenerated - deviceCreatedTimestamp. But trueTimestamp is provided for manual timestamp setting already? Should users be able to set dtm?

paulboocock commented 2 years ago

It should not be possible to manually set the deviceCreatedTimestamp, this should come from the system clock. True Timestamp is available if a custom timestamp needs to be provided.

mscwilson commented 2 years ago

I've changed the title of this issue to reflect the more interesting part of the changes I've made in PR #310.